BRITISH OliNlTHOLOIilSTS' UNION. 



PRESIDENT. 



F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. 



EDITORS. 



P. L. Sclater, Esq., D.Sc, F.R S. 



£. H. Evans, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. 



SECRETARY. 

 Howard Saunders, Esq., F.Z.S. 



COMMITTEE. 

 The President. ") 



The Editors op 'The Ibis/ > Ex officio. 

 The Secretary. ) 



Dr. Frederic G. D. Drewitt, M.A., F.Z.S. (Elected 1902.) 

 W. E. de Winton, Esq., F.Z.S. (Elected 1903.) 

 J. L. Bonhote, Esq., F.Z.S. ,, 



The British Ornithologists' Union was instituted in 1858 for 

 the advancement of the science of Ornithology. Its funds are 

 devoted primarily to the publication of 'The Ibis/ a Quarterly 

 Journal of Ornithology, of which seven series, of six volumes each, 

 have been completed. 



The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members 

 (limited to ten), Colonial Members (limited to ten), and Foreign 

 Members (limited to twenty). 



Ordinary Members pay an admission fee of £2, and a contri- 

 bution of £1 on election; and £1 on the 1st of January of each 

 subsequent year. 



Ordinary Members and Honorary Members are entitled to 

 receive a copy of ' The Ibis ' gratis. 



Authors are entitled to 25 extra copies of their papers published 

 in ' The Ibis/ on applying for them to the Secretary. 



The Election of Members takes place at the General Meetings, 

 held in April or May and (if required) in October or November. 

 Persons wishing to become Members are requested to apply to the 

 Secretary for information. 



Members and Correspondents are requested to observe that : — 



All Papers, Notes, and Letters intended for publication in 

 ' The Ibis,' as also all books and papers intended for review, 

 should be addressed to the Editors. 



All communications regarding payment of Subscriptions, changes 

 of Address, non-receipt of the Journal or delay in receiving it, 

 applications for Authors' copies of Papers, and other matters of 

 a like nature, should be addressed to the Secretary only. 



Communications regarding the purchase of the Publications of the 

 Union, and inquiries regarding these, should be addressed to the 

 Publisher, R. H. Porter, 7 Princes Street. Cavendish Square, W. 



Communications addressed otherwise than as above indicated 

 are liable to delay in being dealt with. 



S Hanover Square, HOWARD S A U NDE RS, 



London, W. 



Dec. 8, 1903. Secretary. 



